Title Ship That Held Up Wall Street

Published Texas A & M University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource Contents A ship in Manhattan -- Atlantic and Manhattan history -- February, major excavation operations -- Preservation for the future -- A close look at the ship -- Identifying the ship -- Princess Carolina -- Development of 175 Water Street, Manhattan -- Postscript -- Notes -- Glossary of ship and archaeology terms used Summary In January 1982, archaeologists conducting a pre-construction excavation at 175 Water Street in Lower Manhattan found the remains of an eighteenth-century ship. The Ship that Held Up Wall Street tells the whole story of the discovery, excavation, and study of what came to be called the "Ronson ship site," named for the site's developer, Howard Ronson. Entombed for more than 200 years, the Princess Carolina proved to be the first major discovery of a colonial merchant ship Notes Print version record Subject Ronson Ship (Merchant ship : 18th century) SUBJECT Ronson Ship (Merchant ship : 18th century) fast Subject Excavations (Archaeology) -- New York (State) -- New York Merchant ships -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 18th century Ships, Wooden -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 18th century Underwater archaeology -- New York (State) -- New York History / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) Social Science / Archaeology. History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775) Antiquities Excavations (Archaeology) Merchant ships Ships, Wooden Underwater archaeology SUBJECT Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Antiquities Subject New York (State) -- New York New York (State) -- New York -- Manhattan Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 1322318034 9781322318035 9781623492267 1623492262

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